Bob-sleigh



(No Model.)

W. H. ALLEN.

BOB SLEIGH.

No. 343,156. Patented June 8, 1886.

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BOB-SLEIGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,156, dated June 8 1886.

Application filed April 5, 1886. Serial No. 197,872. (No modeLl To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HENRY AL- LEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vindham Centre, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bob Sleds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bob-sleds; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my invention, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

A represents the front bob, which is connected to the body B by means of a fifth-wheel or other pivotal connection, 0.

D represents the rear bob the runners 0 which are provided on their upper sides near their centers with bolted plates E, from the centers of which project vertical lugs F.

G represents a bolster, which is provided near its ends with horizontally-extending bars II, arranged at right angles to the bolster, the said bars being bolted or otherwise secured to the under side of the body B near the rear end thereof.

pivoted below the rear end of the body, and that the pivotal-connection between the bob and the body is directly on the upper sides of 0 the runners, whereby the said pivotal connection is thrown at the lowest possible point.

The standards I are connected to the bars H by means of suitable brace-rods, M. To the front end of the front bob are attached the thills or pole O by suitable thillcouplings. By thus attaching the thills directly to the front bob insteadof to the body of the sled, and by pivoting the front bob to Y the sled-body,the sled is enabled to be readily turned and its draft on the animal is lightened.

' A bob-sled thus constructed is cheap and simple, is very strong and durable, and runs easily and smoothly. e

Having thus described my invention, I claim The combination, in a bob-sled, of the body, the front bob pivoted thereto, the bolster G,

having the transverse bars H, attached to the' 

